Leucadendron elimense

Leucadendron elimense
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Leucadendron
Species:	L. elimense
Binomial name
Leucadendron elimense E.Phillips

Leucadendron elimense, the Elim conebush, is a flower-bearing shrub, which belongs to the genus Leucadendron and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape, South Africa.

The shrub grows to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) tall and dies after burning but the seeds survive. The shrub blooms from July to September. The seeds are stored in a toll on the female plant and only fall to the ground two months after the flower has ripened. The seeds could possibly be collected by rodents. The plant is unisexual and there are separate plants with male and female flowers, which are pollinated by small insects.

In Afrikaans, it is known as Elim-tolbos.

The plant occurs on the Elim Plain from Gansbaai to Bredasdorp. It grows mainly in shallow soil at heights of 10–170 m (33–558 ft).

• Leucadendron elimense subsp. elimense
• Leucadendron elimense subsp. nova
• Leucadendron elimense subsp. salteri
• Leucadendron elimense subsp. vyeboomense

• Media related to Leucadendron elimense at Wikimedia Commons
• "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". redlist.sanbi.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
• "Leucadendron elimense (Elim conebush, Caledon conebush, Vyeboom conebush)". biodiversityexplorer.info. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
• "Crown Conebushes". proteaatlas.org.za. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
• "Leucadendron elimense subsp. elimense | PlantZAfrica". pza.sanbi.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.